KASEL, Joseph P.

KASEL, Joseph P. (Dubuque, IA, Nov. 26, 1891--Dubuque, IA, July 12, 1988). A son of John Peter KASEL and the father of Paul KASEL, Joseph became a master carpenter. He worked for the FARLEY AND LOETSCHER MANUFACTURING COMPANY from 1907 through his retirement forty-six years later.

In 1912 Joseph became the foreman of the stair department at the factory. In this capacity he was the supervisor of his father and earned 35 cents per hour, while his father received 27 cents per hour.

Joseph was part of a U.S. government program to quickly re-train new help for WORLD WAR II. He also had a needed skill during WORLD WAR I, making wooden ammunition boxes for that war. He was not drafted at that time because of it.

The wedding picture of Joseph Kasel and Josie Theisen. The original Luxembourger rooming house on Central Ave. at 21st street corner, across from the gas station is where Joseph Kasler first met his wife to be, Josephine Theisen. Ms. Theisen was from Hastings, Nebraska. The two met in Dubuque while she was visiting her grandparents, who happened to live in that same rooming house on 21st and Central, where the Kasel family resided. The Theisen’s were originally from St. Donatus. Peter Theisen and Mary Lux, who had 14 children, decided to send half of them to settle the frontier in Hastings, Nebraska. The Peter Kasel family in Kehlen, Luxembourg had 12 children and also decided to settle the frontier in Iowa. Image courtesy: Karl J. Kasel

Wedding car. Image courtesy: Karl J. Kasel

Wedding in Hastings, Nebraska. Image courtesy: Karl J. Kasel

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Source:

Karl J. Kasel. E-mail. April 3, 2014